Qlimax — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

1–1 Nov 2026 (1 day)

Location

GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands

Sound

Hardstyle

Crowd

around 25,000 people

Tickets

€35 – €164 · 4 tiers tracked

Nearest airport

Arnhem Airport

Nearest station

Arnhem Central Station

Venue type

Arena or stadium

Best nearby base

Arnhem · 5 km · about 10 min

On-site camping

Not listed

The story

Qlimax is a hardstyle music festival held in Arnhem, Netherlands. The festival is known for its elaborate stage designs and immersive atmosphere. It has been a prominent event in the hardstyle scene, drawing fans from all over the world. Qlimax focuses solely on showcasing the hardstyle genre.

Qlimax is a hardstyle festival at GelreDome in Arnhem, Netherlands. The November 2026 edition runs 1–1 Nov 2026. It draws around 25,000 people.

At around 25,000 attendees it sits in the mid-to-large bracket — big stages and big production, but still walkable end to end. Everything happens at GelreDome, in Arnhem. Arnhem · 5 km · about 10 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site.

Qlimax keeps the same calendar slot each year: November 2026 for this edition, opening on a Sunday and closing on a Sunday. It falls in autumn, after the summer circuit closes, when flights and rooms come back down in price. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Arnhem are priced for the festival weekend, not the week around it, so shifting your arrival by a day often saves more than any ticket tier does.

• Elaborate stage designs
• Immersive atmosphere
• Focus on hardstyle music

Venue, camping & access

Venue type

Arena or stadium

Best nearby base

Arnhem · 5 km · about 10 min

Camping

No on-site camping is listed by the organiser.

Getting to the gates

Accessible by public transport and taxis.

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Qlimax works out at roughly €160 per person on the cheapest combination we track — one of the more affordable weekends in our index.

The ticket is only 22% of that: the rest is getting there and sleeping somewhere, which is exactly the part most ticket sites leave out.

Cheapest travel we price is bus · 7h 57m each way, at €57 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Qlimax are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
2. 2Then price the travel from Paris — Cinderella compares train, bus, car and flight for the same dates, and the cheapest option is not always the obvious one.
3. 3Reserve 2 nights rather than 1: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4If you fly into Arnhem Airport, check the transfer time to Arnhem before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
5. 5Follow Qlimax on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Full line-up

Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.

Past editions

Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.

• 2025

  1–1 Nov 2025 (approx.)

• 2024

  1–1 Nov 2024 (approx.)

• 2023

  1–1 Nov 2023 (approx.)

Travel tips from Paris

• Fly into Arnhem Airport, the closest airport to the site.
• Rail arrivals come through Arnhem Central Station; shuttles usually run from there.
• The site itself is GelreDome, in Arnhem.
• Accessible by public transport and taxis.
• Book a bed in Arnhem early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• bus7h 57m · €57
• car6h 30m · €130
• air4h 6m · €138
• train4h 47m · €147